Well, Of Course The Latest Monster Hunter Is Killing It In Japan

14 responses to “Well, Of Course The Latest Monster Hunter Is Killing It In Japan”

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   marksman52

   September 1, 2011 at 1:41 pm

   im so looking forward to this game!!

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   1. 

      Butface

      September 1, 2011 at 1:48 pm

      They haven’t announced a localization for the west, which is a real shame. There needs to be some firmware update for the Ad-Hoc party on western PS3s before it can come here without changing content. MHtri was one of the best games for the Wii, so a bigger version of that in HD, even with the odd porting stuff, would be brilliant.

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         Ynefel

         September 1, 2011 at 2:11 pm

         Capcom has been really tight on info regarding localisation for MHP3rd, particularly on PSP, since that came out in Japan almost a year ago.

         The hopes are there might be an announcement regarding localisation at TGS this year, say MHP3rd G or something similar. Personally I hope they attend to the PSP version first.

         MHFU/2nd G is the most extensive Monster Hunter to date, but has a relatively small market in the West. =( This could affect their decision to localise 3rd…..

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   Fenixius

   September 1, 2011 at 1:44 pm

   Of course 360 does poorly in Japan; it doesn’t get Japan-exclusive anime/manga tie-ins. Clearly the Japanese taste is radically different to the Western experience; maybe they should offer their wares to the other side of the Pacific and see how they do there.

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      Braaains

      September 1, 2011 at 1:57 pm

      It doesn’t get those titles because nobody owns the console, so there’s no point spending money developing 360 versions of games when there’s no 360 market in Japan and the game won’t sell to 360 owners outside of Japan.

      They’ve had plenty of Japan-centric titles (mainly JRPGs) exclusive to 360. It didn’t work, though, because people quickly cottoned on to the fact that when MS say “exclusive” they mean “exclusive for a few months. The developers will use those few months and the money we paid them for timed-exclusivity to produce a superior PS3 port”.

      MS need to invest in creating or buying some Japanese studios to produce 360-exclusive (and that means exclusive, not timed-exclusive) games specifically for the Japanese market if they want to get anywhere over there. Although it’s too late for the 360 now, but they should do it in time for the launch of their next console.

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      Neo-Kaiser

      September 1, 2011 at 2:03 pm

      You know how there’s this current theory that gamers today always buy the same thing over and over again because they don’t want to try anything different? An exaggeration since people do play different games. But in Japan it’s pretty much cemented. They refuse to purchase or try anything new. That’s why Japan is more likely to release sequels, because the audience don’t want to try anything new. It’s why the Metroid series didn’t do well them with Prime. Too different from previous games.

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      Mr Waffle

      September 1, 2011 at 7:32 pm

      “Clearly the Japanese taste is radically different to the Western experience”

      My Japanese mates who come over and play Halo would probably disagree.

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      1. 

         Chazz

         September 1, 2011 at 8:14 pm

         The general population of gamers in Japan probably wouldn’t 😛

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3. 

   PrettyTones

   September 1, 2011 at 2:16 pm

   PSP go – 20

   That made me chuckle.

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4. 

   Ben

   September 1, 2011 at 3:18 pm

   Can we get a translation on the MH titles? I’d kill to buy one and check it out on PS3. Would also love to see a Tales localized on PS3 since we got Vesperia for 360 but missed the PS3 rerelease with Patti and Flynn that Japan got

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5. 

   monstersluz

   September 1, 2011 at 6:55 pm

   god damn it i want this!

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6. 

   Paul

   September 1, 2011 at 7:25 pm

   Xbox360… LOL

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7. 

   AerintheADEQUATE

   September 1, 2011 at 11:01 pm

   Great, I’m glad they enjoy it… can we have it now?

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8. 

   Sleeper

   September 4, 2011 at 2:14 pm

   20 GOs!
   That must have almost tripled Sony’s profit of the device.

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